who comes here?

Hi everyone! I am a vet lapbander and trying to find a peaceful home for WLS grads. I left the OH lapband board about a year ago, took refuge with the new vets lapband board at Prince Edward Island. But that has become a home for unwarranted aggression as well! I don't want that! Can't be bothered with it all! So I checked in here. But all then posts seem to be from RNY people. Now I have nothing whatsoever against RNY!!! But I do like chatting with fellow bandsters as well as other WLS types. Do you get bandsters on here? Kate

Kate, while it's true that we are mostly RNYers, there are DSers, Banders, VGBers, etc.  All are welcome!  This is the place to get support from lots of wonderful people who are working on maintaining their weight loss and all the issues that can arise due to WLS of any kind. Michele

Hi Kate, I just found this board too after years on the Minnesota state board.  I still go to the MN board, they are great - but there are alot of newer post-ops there and I thought maybe a board of old-timers would be good for me, since I am one of them!  From what I can see, everyone seems nice and "calm" here.  I know what you mean about unwarranted aggression...I'm too old and tired for much of that!

Hi Kate... Welcome!  There are a lot of lurkers here...and maybe if you stay and try a few posts of your own with lapband questions or topics you might want to discuss, you might draw out some lapbanders from their lurking places!  It's worth a try! Good luck, Anita

Hi Kate, I agree the majority are RNYers but we do have grads of other surgery types also.  I was shocked at the post I saw with all the vile language on the board you speak of....I wouldn't want to be involved in that either. Maybe if you start posting here and some of your friends, we'll get more bandsters posting....this is a Grad board not for any specific surgery but for all of us. Have a great day!

Hi Kate and Lori J...welcome! Jump right in, us RNY's  may not be able to asnwer but I am sure there are lurkers reading this board just waiting to help answer any questions you might have.

Hi Kate!  I agree that you should keep posting and hopefully more bandsters will begin replying.  My first wls was Vertical Banded Gastroplasty which was what was available before banding was legal here in the US and it functioned similarly to your banding without the adjustment capability so I can relate a bit to your situation.  It wasn't the right surgery for me but it never malfunctioned, I'm so happy that there are so many different types of wls available so that we can all find the correct 'fit' for ourselves.   Molly

The EVIL DSers  come in here....Scott

That's good to hear, Scott and everyone else. I think all we WLS grads are fantastic and the fact we are grads show that WLS is doing great things for us all!

Hi Kate,

I drift over here sometimes, but now that I've completed my first year, I feel like I belong...